Aristotle once said, “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” From the moment a child takes their first breath, they never stop learning. First, they learn how to crawl, then eventually start to walk, and by 18 months they begin to speak. By the time they are four, they are put in preschool and for the next 14 years, up until adulthood, education and teachers will be a major part of their life. In this edition of KCC Talks, we find out what students think makes a professor a special one. “A good professor is someone who has the ability to understand a student better than the student can understand themselves at that moment. It’s someone who can see where the student is at and helps them get to where they can be.” – Dean Glykas, Maritime Technology. “I like that here, the professors are understanding, they’re patient and realistic. Professors sometimes fail to understand that students have lives outside of campus. A lot of us work and go to school full time, but I found that my professors dealt with these issues better than others.” – Fanha Khan, Human Resources. “For me, a great professor is someone who takes the time to address the issues and needs for each individual student and make sure they understand the content that is being taught.” –Shannon Hollingshead, Culinary Arts. “A great professor makes a student fall in love with the subject. It’s not about learning something just to pass an exam but to make them interested in it. That’s the most important thing.” –Irakli Shelamberidie, Pharmacy Tech. “I like teachers that lecture using power points and take the time to review the topic and make sure everyone understands before moving on.” –Aqiang Qiu, Accounting...

With his deep, resonant voice and articulate way of speaking, Dr. Eben Wood is a captivating storyteller. Fittingly, stories are something Dr. Wood has a lot of. A published author, Dr. Wood is infectiously passionate about language, writing and literature. An avid reader, he enjoys just about any genre and a variety of subjects and is knowledgeable about a great deal including history, psychology and philosophy. His office is comfortable, the shelves filled with a variety of novels (from classic to contemporary) and papers cluttered on the desk, giving the office an immensely pleasant feeling. But before all of his accomplishments, Dr. Wood grew up in a small and secluded town, which shaped much of his early perceptions of the world. “We grew up in rural Maine so, very isolated and we [he and his siblings] had our imaginations, we tried to explore the world,” Wood said. He and his sister-an artist and teacher herself- were both highly creative, Dr. Wood mentioned he still enjoys making collages, saying putting unlike things together often assists with his writing. His childhood was not altogether easy; his father had issues with drugs and alcohol and was never able to work, causing Wood’s mother to bring in the family’s whole income. Dr. Wood says his background is a difficult thing he has struggled with through life, being an educated white male in this country, people often assume a lot about his background, though most of the time he says they are incorrect assumptions, as he did not come from as privileged a background as people often think. Regardless, during his life, Dr. Wood has traveled to many interesting places. “I don’t like to be a tourist. I don’t generally travel just for the sake of traveling,” Wood said. “And that’s why tying my writing and the stories together with travel has allowed me to start doing that [traveling] in different ways. I went to the Deep South, to New Orleans and the the Mississippi Delta, I’d been there before, but about three years ago to do a story there which was then published and that opened up some more opportunities.” Including some of his undergraduate studies in London, Dr. Wood has been to places including Israel, Puerto Rico, South Korea and North Korea, which he spoke about at Kingsborough Community College Monday, March...

Aristotle once said, “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” From the moment a child takes their first breath, they never stop learning. First, they learn how to crawl, then eventually start to walk, and by 18 months they begin to speak. By the time they are four, they are put in preschool and for the next 14 years, up until adulthood, education and teachers will be a major part of their life. In this edition of KCC...

With his deep, resonant voice and articulate way of speaking, Dr. Eben Wood is a captivating storyteller. Fittingly, stories are something Dr. Wood has a lot of. A published author, Dr. Wood is infectiously passionate about language, writing and literature. An avid reader, he enjoys just about any genre and a variety of subjects and is knowledgeable about a great deal including history, psychology and philosophy. His office is...

In the four years that Officer Cyrus Dieudonne has been at Kingsborough, he’s seen fights, scandals and outright ridiculous scenarios. His job is to be seen and unseen- to be as unnoticeable yet essential as the pillars that hold up the cafeteria. Officer Dieudonne, or DD, as he is known colloquially, does not always adhere to these rules. Students know him by his 5’7” frame and musical Haitian accent. He almost never stands still- he...

Kingsborough faculty were given the opportunity to showcase their work from this semester at the annual faculty forum on Thursday, November 30 as departments from Business, Art, English, Journalism, Communications, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, and Behavioral Sciences delivered presentations that showcased their academic and professional research, which included their upcoming books, student experiments and...

During school hours, Vincent Cuccia plays the role of Speech and Business Communications professor proficiently. After papers are graded, Cuccia takes the role of co-owner of company Planet Pepper. Planet Pepper provides hip and butt pads for drag queens, cross-dressers, or anyone who wants killer curves. As a New Yorker, Cuccia strongly believes in diversity and stresses the importance of different shapes of men and women....

While recent years have seen bands who bear more than a passing similarity to our flannel-clad forefathers, it feels incorrect to ascribe the grunge distinction to any band past 1999. The reason is simple: Despite what some brand-marketing executives might have you believe, the label “grunge” has always referred to an ethos and aesthetic, rather than a sound. The Smashing Pumpkins never had much in common with Nirvana, and if we’re...